Deficient autophagy drives aging in Hydra
Szymon Tomczyk, Quentin Schenkelaars, Nenad Suknovic, Yvan Wenger, Kazadi Ekundayo, Wanda Buzgariu, Christoph Bauer, Kathleen Fischer, Steven Austad, Brigitte Galliot
This study identifies autophagy deficiency as a driver of aging in Hydra, showing that Rapamycin delays aging through phagocytosis rather than autophagy flux.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2017 · PreprintCell Biology